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Norm Leech

@normleech

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Have you seen Simran? Call 1-800-222-8477 Last seen: 6:30pm, April 27, 13300-blk of 88 Ave in Surrey Media: bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPag… Call Surrey RCMP 604-599-0502 To remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca, or download the "P3 Tips" app.
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Honoured & excited Restorative Collective Vancouver chose Peace Circles training! Lots to talk about, learn & experience. Our journey toward becoming a Restorative City took another step. Grateful for all. Info: peaceofthecircle.com/rjvanco… #restorativejustice #justice #peace
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News21@news2129 Sep 2022
Indigenous people are overrepresented in the criminal justice system in #Canada. #Vancouver is trying to solve this with @aboriginal_CPC to unite the community and the police. Photo, video and audio by @ArrthyT: inpursuit.news21.com/2022/09…
Vancouver center connects First Nation communities and police

Vancouver center connects First Nation communities and police

Indigenous people in Canada are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre works with First Nation communities to improve relations with police...

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Leena M@leenaminifie12 Oct 2021
BC: AN UNTOLD HISTORY premieres Tonight! On @knowledgenetwork at 9pm and streaming via knowledge.ca/bchistory Myself, Director @Kevin_Eastwood and Producer Trish Dolman couldn’t be more thrilled to have the work of our brilliant crew @screensirenpics finally reach the public💕
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A road in Himachal Pradesh, India, was swept away by a landslide on July 30. There are no reports of injuries or deaths. Local reports say excessive rainfall is causing flash floods and landslides.

Road in India Swept Away in Landslide

A road in Himachal Pradesh, India, was swept away by a landslide on July 30. There are no reports of injuries or deaths. Local reports say excessive rainfall is causing flash floods and landslides.

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For the aunties
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Since the Paris Agreement was signed 5 yrs ago, G20 states have subsidised fossil fuels by more than 3.3 trillion dollars. Only *2%* of their financial support after the pandemic has gone to clean energy transitions. #MindTheGap between words and action. theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report

‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report

Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis

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Screening #HealingInnerVoices + Webinar tmrw! July 22 @DrawingWisdom_ FREE RSVP cooool.io/rxBteX “It was only through my own healing that I was able to break through that intersection of stigmas that was placed on me.”– Martin Morberg, Northern Tutchone & Tlingit #Healing
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Join @DrawingWisdom_ Founder and podcast host Jada-Gabrielle Pape:"When we have our voices heard and our messages heard we become leaders" FREE Screening #HealingInnerVoices + Webinar tmrw! July 22 RSVP cooool.io/rxBteX #landback #uncededcoastsalishterritory #stolenland
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I may be able to laugh at this, but let’s not forget about the environmental defenders around the world who are actually being killed as we speak. #DefendTheDefenders globalwitness.org/en/campaig…
Land and Environmental Defenders

Land and Environmental Defenders

Hundreds of land and environmental defenders are threatened, arrested and killed every year for their part in resisting environmental devastation. We work to expose the root causes behind these...

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Two former #Lytton residents, Verna and Jack Miller, are creating comfort quilts for people who lost their homes in the Lytton fire. They did the same thing for residents of Ashcroft and Boston Flats in 2017. Local fabric shops in #Kamloops are taking donations. #bcwildfire
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Khelsilem@Khelsilem12 Jul 2021
This is wild.
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160 unmarked graves have been confirmed by Penelakut Tribe. This is the site of the Kuper Island Industrial school.
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Wab Kinew@WabKinew13 Jul 2021
160+ they say. Take care everyone. Residential School crisis line: 1-866-925-4419 cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
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As the number of children found grows- so too does our responsibility to stop the injustices kids face today. Write to your MP and demand they fully implement the TRC Calls to Action & the Spirit Bear Plan to end inequalities in First Nations public services.
Angela Sterritt 📘 (@AngelaSterritt) profile pictureAngela Sterritt 📘@AngelaSterritt13 Jul 2021
160 unmarked graves have been confirmed by Penelakut Tribe. This is the site of the Kuper Island Industrial school.
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COVID is not the only health crisis we face - and it's making the drug poisoning crisis even worse. #SafeSupply #LegalizeCompassion
PHS (@PHScss) profile picturePHS@PHScss30 Jun 2021
"More than five years into this public health emergency, we continue to lose our loved ones, friends and neighbours at an almost unimaginable rate" - Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe. Says ODs have a "catastrophic impact" on every community across B.C. cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
851 British Columbians died of toxic drugs in first 5 months of year, coroner reports | CBC News

851 British Columbians died of toxic drugs in first 5 months of year, coroner reports | CBC News

In May alone, at least 160 people died as a result of suspected illicit drug overdoses, according to a BC Coroners Service report released Tuesday. That means, on average, more than five people died...

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Check out this webinar from our sister company @Cooldotworld! @towardtheheart @CDCofBC
Cool.World (@Cooldotworld) profile pictureCool.World@Cooldotworld10 Jul 2021
The #LegalizeCompassion webinar looks at the still-needed messages in #BevelUp in the face of the deepening opioid poisoning crisis. See Film + Panel w @canadawildwatch, @carolinebrunt3 #YasminWinsor #HarmReduction July 15 #OpioidCrisis RSVP: cooool.io/DKZD0PU
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School strike week 151. This Friday we are in a tree plantation in Sápmi, Northern Europe. This used to be a forest, but after it was cut down forest companies have planted an invasive tree species that grows faster than the local ones. 1/7
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@APTNNews8 Jul 2021
RoseAnne Archibald elected AFN national chief, first woman to hold role | @BrettForester aptnnews.ca/national-news/ro…
RoseAnne Archibald elected AFN national chief, first woman to hold role

RoseAnne Archibald elected AFN national chief, first woman to hold role

It took several ballots but a new national chief has been elected by hundreds of First Nations leaders across the country.

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APTN News
@APTNNews8 Jul 2021
BREAKING: RoseAnne Archibald has been elected as the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. After five rounds of ballot votes, Reginald Bellerose has conceded and Archibald will now be the first woman to serve as AFN national chief.
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